Tag Archives: SATA 3.0EFI Update 2.9 Resolves 6Gb/s Drive... When the 2012 MacBook Pros were released, we found that SATA 3.0 SSDs—such as the OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G and the Mercury Electra 6G—exhibited poor performance and reliability... OWC SSDs Make 2012 MBP 15″... While the MacBook Pro with Retina Display has been getting a lot of press around here lately, the real unsung hero of WWDC 2012’s new Macs is the MacBook... Expand the 2012 MacBook Pros with... While the both the new Macbook Airs and the MacBook Pro with Retina Display have new, custom connectors for their SSDs, the updated 2012 13” and 15” MacBook Pros... Sometimes, “Recommendations” Are Actually “Requirements” About a month ago, we talked about how MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.2 “secretly” resolved problems that 2011 MacBook Pros were having with 6.0Gb/s SATA performance. Since we...

10.6.8: The Little Update That Didn’t Apple released the OS X 10.6.8 update last week. According to the Knowledge Base article on this update: The 10.6.8 update is recommended for all users running Mac OS... 2011 iMac Benchmark Testing With the... What a whirlwind of information these new iMacs have been creating. Just a few hours after the machines were released, we had five out of the six base models... First reviews of the Extreme Pro... We are so excited about the new OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD that we did a pre-shipping test to four highly-respected independent review labs—BareFeats, Mac Performance Guide, The...